CORK MAN WHO RAPED HIS STEP DAUGHTER WILL BE SENTENCED LATER THIS MONTH

15 May 2017

The 41 year old raped and sexually abused the girl in the family home in Cork for a period of seven years.

A Cork man who raped and sexually abused his step daughter
over a seven year period will be sentenced later this month.

The 41-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect his victim's identity,
was convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court
of 26 counts of sexual assault, two counts of attempted rape
and 64 counts of raping the girl between May 2008 and November 2015.

Almost all of the offences took place in the family home in Cork
when the child was aged between nine and 15 years old.

The jury took just under four hours to return the guilty verdicts in March.

Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy adjourned finalisation of the case until May 29th next
after hearing the evidence to allow her reflect on an appropriate sentence.